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England men · Rugby World Cup

Australia
v England⁠

17–20

Full time

Australia v England finished 17–20.

Australia
Lote Tuqiri 6'
Date
Saturday 22 November 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Australia

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Bill Young Prop Off in the 93'
  • No. 2, Brendan Cannon Hooker Off in the 57'
  • No. 3, Al Baxter Prop
  • No. 4, Justin Harrison Lock
  • No. 5, Nathan Sharpe Lock Off in the 48'
  • No. 6, George Smith Flanker
  • No. 7, Phil Waugh Flanker
  • No. 8, David Lyons Number 8 Off in the 57'
  • No. 9, George Gregan (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Stephen Larkham Fly Half Off in the 86'
  • No. 11, Lote Tuqiri Wing
  • No. 12, Elton Flatley Centre
  • No. 13, Stirling Mortlock Centre
  • No. 14, Wendell Sailor Wing Off in the 71'
  • No. 15, Mat Rogers Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jeremy Paul On in the 57'
  • No. 17, Matt Dunning On in the 93'
  • No. 18, David Giffin On in the 48'
  • No. 19, Matt Cockbain On in the 57'
  • No. 20, Chris Whitaker (not used)
  • No. 21, Matt Giteau On in the 19' Off in the 94'
  • No. 22, Joe Roff On in the 71'

Referee: Andre Watson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2003

01 21 Jun 2003
Test matches · Test Match Colonial Stadium, Melbourne

Australia 14–25 England England won

England tries: Will Greenwood 5', Mike Tindall 30', Ben Cohen 63'

Australia tries: Wendell Sailor 78'

Match page: Australia v England, 21 June 2003

05 26 Jun 1999
Test matches · Test Match Stadium Australia, Sydney

Australia 22–15 England England lost

England tries: Matt Perry, Matt Perry

Australia tries: Ben Tune, Ben Tune, Joe Roff, David Wilson

Match page: Australia v England, 26 June 1999

Official meetings since 1909

England v Australia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings57In our results database
England wins29England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Australia wins27Australia victories

England have scored 1092 points to Australia's 1204 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Jonny May

4 tries against Australia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Australia · Fixture leader

7

Ben Tune

Australia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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